Day-After Notes: Preparation For Favre, Vikings Begins

With the much-anticipated Week 4 officially upon us, Head Coach Mike McCarthy said on Monday he hadn't watched any film of the Minnesota Vikings and quarterback Brett Favre so far this season.

So he's genuinely interested in seeing just what Favre has brought to the Vikings' offense as the Packers prepare to take on their division rival and former franchise quarterback next Monday night at the Metrodome.

"I'm curious to see what he's doing, what they're asking him to do, how he's playing with the new skill-position players that he's with," McCarthy said.

As for how much knowledge of Favre's tendencies and thoughts McCarthy might feed to defensive coordinator Dom Capers as he sets the defensive plan for the week, McCarthy downplayed that. He was Favre's quarterbacks coach in 1999 and his head coach for his final two seasons in Green Bay (2006-07), but he doesn't see his knowledge of Favre, or conve..